Tennessee’s National League Football franchise, the Titans, came into existence in 1997 right after the Houston Oilers moved towards the state and changed their name. From the team’s arrival in Tennessee, one quarterback led them for most of their time as the Titans. Steve McNair, who earned the nickname “Air” because he was a running quarterback who could throw too, was a favorite amongst Titans fans for his entire career although using team. His tenure marked one with the brightest periods in team history, as he led the Titans to four postseason runs plus a Super Bowl, even though setting nearly all from the Titans’ records at the position.Alcorn StateA highly recruited prospect coming out of high school, numerous significant universities had their eye on the young McNair, including Florida. That school, nonetheless, saw him getting a potential defensive back. McNair’s ambition, however, was to find success within the quarterback role. That ambition led him to become the field general for Alcorn State, which is within the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision), rather than Division I. As their quarterback, McNair became the FCS leader in most passing records, going towards air for a lot more than 14,000 yards, with far more than 1,500 yards for the ground. His senior season saw him accumulate more than 6,000 passing and rushing yards, which included a total of more than fifty touchdown runs and passes.Joining the NFLAfter college, the Oilers picked him up in the 1995 Draft. Though he saw pretty much no action for each in the next two campaigns – he was the backup to Chris Chandler – his time becoming a starter in 1997 coincided with the team’s move to Tennessee. That year, he led the new Titans squad to an 8-8 season, whilst amassing personal numbers that were indicative of what the future held for the team: two plus a half thousand passing yards and only thirteen interceptions about the year. The rest of the League had little choice but to take notice from the young talent. Two years later, McNair’s maturity had grown towards level where he was not only a dazzling athlete about the field, but a wizened leader inside huddle. Despite injuries that forced him to miss five from the season’s games, he still came back to complete a thirteen win season that launched the Titans into the postseason.Into the Super BowlThat season’s postseason, nonetheless, came during the initial stages in the Saint Louis Rams’ Kurt Warner led “Greatest Show on Turf”. Still, the Titans acquitted themselves well, and could have ended in a Titans win had McNair’s completed pass to Kevin Dyson ended with the receiver crossing the goal line instead of becoming tackled on the a single as the game clock expired. “The Tackle”, as it has come to be known, turned out to cost McNair what would end up being his only chance for a Super Bowl ring.McNair’s career from 1999 onward would be a combination of injuries and occasional brilliant performances, but he would never again demonstrate the promise he had shown in the earlier years of play. Tragically, “Air” McNair was murdered by his mistress in 2009.
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